The Dash for Khartoum: A Tale of the Nile Expedition
Author: G. A. Henty
The Dash for Khartoum: A Tale of the Nile Expedition – MIXED! – In a room in the married non-commissioned officers’ quarters in the cantonments at Agra, a young woman was sitting looking thoughtfully at two infants, who lay sleeping together on the outside of a bed with a shawl thrown lightly over them. Jane Humphreys had been married about a year.
She was the daughter of the regimental sergeant-major and had been a spoilt child. She was good looking, and had, so the wives and daughters of the other non-commissioned officers said, laid herself out to catch one of the young officers of the regiment, and was bitterly disappointed at the failure of her efforts.
The report may have been untrue, for Jane Farran was by no means popular with the other women, taking far too much upon herself, as they considered, upon the strength of her father’s rank, and giving herself airs as if she were better than those around her. There were girls in the regiment just as good looking as she was without any of her airs and tempers. Why should she set herself up above the rest?
Warmest Regards, Coyalita Linville
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